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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

MCT 12 Days of Christmas Day 4 ~ Episode 423

GOOD MORNING my creative friends! Welcome to day 4 of our TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS! Today I have a SUPER CUTE, EASY & FUN project for you today!

I used one of my FAVORITE dies that I came out with LAST Year, but I just LOVE it & it is my "GO TO die" for cute treats! Yep, it's my "Stitched Lollipop Holder Die"! To this day, I cannot keep this on our shelves! This is one popular die that you will use over & over again! I think I get to use it for EVERY occasion & not to mention.... holidays!

I want to share a funny story with you! When I went to sleep lastnight, I was actually stressing out a little because I had NO IDEA what I was going to make for today! Then, it came to me at 4:30 am! Yep, you heard that right...4:30AM! lol.... I am positive I am not the only crafter this has happened to! hahaha!

Okay, well, I decided to keep this simple, but classy looking enough where you can make these for your co-workers, stocking stuffers, little Secret Santa gifts..etc....AND they are perfect for your child's classmates & not to mention...teachers! You can see in my video below EXACTLY how I put this together!

Didn't this come out SOOO STINKIN CUTE? I decided to add the little banner from my "Vintage Stitched Label Dies" Then I add the sentiment from my "Gift Card Sentiments"!

Supplies I used:

~ Stitched Lollipop Holder

~ What's Growing On

~ Banner from "Vintage Stitched Label Dies"

~ Gift Card Sentiments

~ Kraft Hemp

~ Red & Black cardstock

~ Liquid Applique (Hobby Lobby)

~ 3/4" square punch

~ 1/4" square punch

~ See's Candy Lollipop

Here is my video for you today!

Now onto the BEST Design team in the WHOLE WORLD!;) Click on each of their names to see more pics & let them some bloggy love!

Miss Veronica

Miss Leanne

HUGE GIVEAWAY ALERT

Okay, since it's Christmas, I have decided to give away TWELVE of my FAVORITE things to ONE LUCKY person! I will announce one of the prizes for each day in my video! So by the 12th day, you will see ALL 12 items that ONE lucky person will be receiving! All you have to do is leave your comments each day! It's that simple!

**VERY IMPORTANT**

Please leave your contact information so we can contact you should you be the lucky winner.

I hope you all enjoyed what you saw here today! I will see you all back here tomorrow same time, same place for some MORE Christmas inspiration! Thank you SO VERY MUCH for visiting my blog & have a FANTASTIC day my sweet friends! xoxo

If you missed our 1st day, go HERE!

If you missed our 2nd day, go HERE!

If you missed our 3rd day, go HERE!

Monday, December 3, 2012

MCT 12 Days of Christmas Day 3

GOOD MORNING my creative friends & welcome to day THREE of our 12 Days of Christmas! I do have to admit, I think this is my FAVORITE thing to do..... my 12 Days of xmas! I ALWAYS have the BEST TIME EVER creating all of these FUN Christmas projects!

Okay, let's get to what I made here today! I had to take pictures of this on my desk because I could NOT get a good picture of this ANYWHERE else in my house:( But the last picture is of what is looks like hanging on my door!

First of all, I want to say that this was NOT my original idea! I got the idea from HERE! Her name is Jill & she is AMAZING! I saw this Santa tulle wreath she made & just HAD to make one of my own! Of course, I switched it up a bit to make it my own!

To make my different, I thought it would look cute if I embellished the hat w/some leaves, pinecone & a big bell I had in my stash! AND, I used my "Lower Case Fun" Dies for the "Ho Ho Ho"! You can really see that well, but I linked the 2 letters together using a jump ring!

Here is a close-up of what the tulle looks like! You can see better instructions on how to create your own HERE!

And, here it is hanging on my door!

Supplies I used:

~ White Tulle (my mother) ;)

~ Santa Hat (Joanns)

~ Lower Case Fun Dies

~ Kraft Hemp

~ 10 in white foam wreath (Joanns)

Here is my video today!

Now onto the BEST Design team in the WHOLE WORLD!;) Click on each of their names to see more pics & let them some bloggy love!

Miss Kim Score ( Guest Designer)

HUGE GIVEAWAY ALERT

**VERY IMPORTANT**

Please leave your contact information so we can contact you should you be the lucky winner.

If you missed our 1st day, go HERE!
If you missed our 2nd day, go HERE!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

MCT 12 Days of Christmas Day 2 ~ Episode 421

Good morning my creative friends & welcome to our 2nd day of our TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!;) I just had to share, yesterday my boys got to start the calendar I made for them & they LOVED it! So of course, they will take turns picking one, but each day will apply to both of them! They were SUPER HAPPY to see that the first day was a trip to Starbucks!;) Even though my boys are 11 & 13, they STILL ENJOY anything I make for them! Just seeing the BEAUTIFUL smiles on their face, makes it ALLLL worth it!;)

Okay, now onto my project for today! Can I just say that I just ABSOLUTELY LOVE my "Rolled Flower Dies"? They seem to work BEAUTIFULLY w/EVERYTHING! That is what I used today for my pretty ornament!

This ornament would make a perfect gift , for your tree & even perfect for an ornament exchange~! For my ornament, the inspiration came from my Mother's Christmas tree! Her tree is a Victorian theme tree & one of the ornaments caught my eye! There was one that was covered w/pretty mauve color lace! Then a light bulb came on...... I said "Hey, I can make my own version for my 12 days of Christmas"!;) and that is EXACTLY what I did! I found this pretty "lacey" w/pretty sequins on it & thought it would be PERFECT for what I wanted to do!

I added the boa, the pretty Christmas leaves and my PERFECT flower w/a little stickles & there you have a BEAUTIFUL & easy ornament that all your friends would ooooh & awwwwh over! hehehe!;)

I took another picture for you thats not on a tree so you can see how it looks w/o all the green behind it!

You can see in my video EXACTLY how I made this step by step!

Here are the supplies I used:

~ Rolled Flower Die

~ Script Type Backgrounds

~ Boa, leaves & red material is from Joanns!

~ Glass ornament from Hobby Lobby

Here is my video for you today!;)

Now onto the BEST Design team in the WHOLE WORLD!;) Click on each of their names to see more pics & let them some bloggy love!

HUGE GIVEAWAY ALERT

**VERY IMPORTANT**

Please leave your contact information so we can contact you should you be the lucky winner.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

MCT 12 Days of Christmas Day 1 ~ Episode 420

GOOD MORNING my creative friends & welcome to our 1st day of our "Twelve Days of Christmas"! Okie dokie, there are TONS of pics here for you to see today! I am NOT HAPPY w/my pictures because it was already to dark to use the light outside:( I promise, my "Countdown to Christmas" is MUCH PRETTIER in person!;) I have been SO INSPIRED by all of these advent calendars lately that I just HAD to make one of my own! WOW, where do I start.....basically, all I did was adhere 25 of my cute little pocket dies to a kraft color 12x12 cardstock! I decorated every pocket using SEVERAL of my products & I just LOVE how it came out!

For this title, I finally used my Cameo & cut out this free file (the banner)! I'm not sure exactly what size it is, I just made it big enough to fit across the entire 12x12 cutting mat! Then I was SO HAPPY to use my "Lower Case Fun Dies" for my title! I added some glass glitter to my snowflakes!

Here are some pictures of all the pockets!

This is one of the goodies that are tucked in a few of the pockets! I thought it would be a good idea to put a message that states "Read" & when the boys pick this, I will let them either go to Barnes & Noble OR let them order a book online! I thought this was PERFECT because BOTH of my boys LOVE to read! I used the cloud die for this message!

I put little clothespins on the little tags so it would be easier for the boy to take them out!;)

This next one I used my heart die & stamped a candy on here so they can pick a candy this day!;)

This next one, I used one of the banners from my "Build a Banner Kit" & stamped a little chocolate kiss here!

This next one, is pretty self explanatory! lol..... YEP, when the boys choose this one, there will DEFINITELY be a Starbucks run!;)

This one is my FAVORITE! When they pick this, they will give me lots of hugs & kisses~! ;) There will be ONE DAY that they "might" think they are too cool to give their Mommy hugs & kisses, so I will take as many as I can get now!;)

I'm not going to lie & say that this was SUPER EASY......lol...it took me 2 days to complete it, but I am in love w/the end result! I landed up "recycling" this frame that Miss Liz, Miss Katie & myself made either last year OR earlier this year! I had this frame in my craftroom w/a few of my favorite cards on it! I just removed the cards & used it for this~! I thought this frame was a PERFECT fit for this! (Pretend you don't see the hot glue on the right side of the frame) hahahaha! I forgot to remove it before my picture taking! Oh well, I hope you like it my sweet friends!